Dixiana (steam locomotive)

Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad #1 (Dixiana)
RC&BTNGRR #1 in Felton, California, in 2008
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderLima Locomotive Works
Serial number2593
Build dateOctober 12, 1912
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-truck Shay[1]
 • AARB-B
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) as built, 3 ft (914 mm)
Trucks2
Wheel diameter29 in (0.737 m)
Total weight42 tons
Fuel typeOil
Water cap.1560 gal
Cylinders3, outside, vertical
Performance figures
Tractive effort17,330 lbf (77.09 kN)
Career
Operators
  • Alaculsy Lumber Company (1912–1917)
  • Tennga Lumber Company (1917–1919)
  • Southern Iron & Equipment Company (March 1919–August 1919)
  • W.M. Ritter Lumber Company (August 1919–1938)
  • Coal Processing Corporation (1938–1958)
  • Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad (1958-Present)
NumbersALCO 3, TLCO 3, SI&E 1466, W.MRLCO 3, CPC 3 & 2593, RCBG 1
LocaleCalifornia
Restored1962, 1983
Current ownerRoaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
DispositionOut of service, pending restoration

Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad No.1, also known as "Dixiana", is a Class B Shay steam locomotive built in 1912 by the Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohio. It was built for the W.M Ritter Lumber Company. The locomotive was retired in the mid-1950s and was purchased by F. Norman Clark for use on his Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, where it still operates.

  1. ^ Chappell, Gordon S. (1991). Steam Over Scranton: The Locomotives of Steamtown. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. p. 108.

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